exigency Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 some pics after a water change. not the best pics ever, but i tried. enjoy! Link to comment
exigency Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 i love your tank thanks Link to comment
exigency Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 bump check out my pics people ;D Link to comment
RBuddha Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Is it hard keeping that black sand clean? Link to comment
Fanof49ASU Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Such an awesome tank! This is one of the tanks that made me think about converting a 5g frag tank. I love the extreme horizontal format! Link to comment
exigency Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 Is it hard keeping that black sand clean? heck yes, there's so much detrius that is ALWAYS on the sand. my nassarius does jack squat to sift the sand, so what i do is siphon out the detrius weekly into a bucket and then just replace the sand that was siphoned out after rinsing it. Such an awesome tank! This is one of the tanks that made me think about converting a 5g frag tank. I love the extreme horizontal format! thanks! aha, i just love the shallow/tidepool look, i also love the penetration i can get from my T5 HO's. Link to comment
brent-konieczny Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Awesome build and corals! Link to comment
Sushi Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Still haven't gotten around to covering up the white PVC I see... You should rubberband some GSP on both outlets, that'd actually cover them up pretty nicely. I honestly think they detract from the overall appearance of the tank. Link to comment
hecsrt-4 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Nice tank Like the clam (nice I like how much) Link to comment
exigency Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 thanks so much for the compliments hecsrt-4, i appreciate it. sushi, i am starting to get spots of coraline everywhere in my tank, so i will let time do it's thing. anyways, well, i am currently bummed out. i went back home for the weekend and everything couldn't have been better with the tank. i just got back to my apartment and everything still looked good, but i couldn't find the female harlequin. i looked into the back of the caves and i saw a body that was rocking back and forth, i was guessing it was a molt, but then i used a turkey baster to blow it out to dispose of it and it was the dead body of the harlequin. a bunch of body parts just flew out and i looked at the underside of the shrimp and there were TONS of eggs. i can't win them all, so i just made the best of it by feeding my acan with the eggs..also, my torch fell onto my sun coral and stung the living heck out of it, half of the sun coral's polyps are mottled with black "burns". what a great way to end the weekend! it'll be alright though, in due time, things will recover. Link to comment
exigency Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 well, to start off this post, i was off on a retreat for the week and everything was fine and dandy with my tank when i left. out of the blue, i receive a call on my last day at the resort (yesterday) and hear that my tank had crashed because of a fried powersurge from a thunderstorm that passed by 2 days before. so i was thinking about everything that was lost over the period of 2 days being exposed. i quickly told my roommate that just gotten back to the apartment some steps to attempt to recover what's left of my tank. i got the most information possible about the looks of the tank and zoomed home early from the retreat. my timers and the whole socket, along with the male plug of the powersurge were all charred and melted. i see my tank running, thank God for my roommate, but my clams, all my corals on the top of my tank, and my male harlequin shrimp are gone. surprisingly, there were many survivors though, my acan, fungia, emerald crab, some softies/zoos, and all my snails. well, to keep it short, i just did a water change and i am hoping for the best now. Link to comment
circusordie16 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 sorry about your tank, hopefully the survivors recover quickly. ive been thinking about making my own shallow/long tank following your dimensions. good luck! Link to comment
r20crazy Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 sucks a$$!!!!! wish you and the survivors the best of luck. Link to comment
exigency Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 ah, it's been quite a while and my tank is recovering very nicely, most of the corals are coming back that were severely damaged. i haven't added any new livestock and won't for quite a while, but i am planning on getting some clams and probably some more corals, but nothing else really. i've got coralline spots almost everywhere in the tank and it's starting to take over. i'll post some pics sometime for those that may still be trailing this thread. Link to comment
Fanof49ASU Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 ah, it's been quite a while and my tank is recovering very nicely, most of the corals are coming back that were severely damaged. i haven't added any new livestock and won't for quite a while, but i am planning on getting some clams and probably some more corals, but nothing else really. i've got coralline spots almost everywhere in the tank and it's starting to take over. i'll post some pics sometime for those that may still be trailing this thread. What's the noise level on your overflow? I'm thinking about something similar. Link to comment
robbie Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 your tank looks/looked amazing. very nice Link to comment
exigency Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 What's the noise level on your overflow? I'm thinking about something similar. it's VERY loud, haha, i would not follow my design on an overflow. i have something to cover it, but it's still pretty loud nonetheless. i do have a pretty sensitive ear though your tank looks/looked amazing. very nice thank you so much, i really hope i can get some pictures up soon for you ladies and gents to check out the recovery my tank is making. i am just so busy with my schedule. Link to comment
circusordie16 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 is it 6" tall or 8" tall? your dimensions say 24 x 6 x 8 but in the pictures it looks to me like its wider than it is tall. Link to comment
exigency Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 sorry, i meant 24" x 8" x 6", 24" in length, 8" in width, 6" in height. Link to comment
circusordie16 Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 do you ever wish it was taller? im making plans for a shallow, long tank but im a little worried that 6" is almost too short. Link to comment
exigency Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 occasionally, but it makes it so much easier to clean and what not with it being so shallow. i don't run into many problems with it, or as of yet.. Link to comment
exigency Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 these will probably be the worst pictures i have ever taken. all these have been taken with my phone's camera and are obviously shot with poor quality. these pictures do my tank absolutely no justice, but i think it's long overdue for some pictures. i will probably bust out the d70 this weekend, rather than continue to put it off. these pictures were taken after a thorough water change, so the corals aren't opened up to their full potential quite yet and the tank hasn't cleared up completely, the pictures are also very discolored and dull. the good thing is that the coralline has really started to take off in my tank! btw, i received all that pocillopora from a friend because it wasn't doing so well in his tank, so i am trying to recover it, that's why it looks so bad right now. FTS LEFT CENTER RIGHT LEFT RETURN RIGHT RETURN SIDE SHOT TRAINED SUN CORAL SUMP Link to comment
robbie Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 newer, clearer shots!!! please! Link to comment
Dat_Monkey Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 man u really gots to pull out ur d7o cuz man, thats some whacko pics.. haha but yea overall is nice, how come the coco worm aint out? Link to comment
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